Pat Winland

Coach and Teacher

[Shams Charania @ShamsCharania]

Los Angeles Lakers star Austin Reaves intends to sign a four-year, $185 million maximum contract to return to the franchise, with a player option for the final season in 2029-30, sources tell ESPN. Reaves declined his $14.9M player option for the new max deal.

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

Magic Johnson is the greatest point guard to ever walk this planet and nobody is telling me any different.

[BronMuse @BronMuse]

This clip of Kevin Garnett reacting to Ray Allen dapping up Bron instead of him got me in tears 😭😭😭

[Dennis Marshall @mar5hallhoops]

Kids leaving High School practice early to go to AAU practice in June is a bit different to me. AAU for high schoolers should be on pause for the month of June. If you don't take high school serious then don't expect high school to take you serious.

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

Leadership isn't complicated.

GREAT Leaders don't...
🚫 show up late
🚫 blame others
🚫 complain
🚫 put others down

GREAT Leaders do...
💯 show up early
💯 take responsibility
💯 find solutions
💯 encourage others

[Coach the Coaches @WinningCoaches]

If a player isn't willing to put in the work, there's nothing a coach can do to make them succeed.

~ via @BballCoachMac

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

Nick Saban said, "To be a good player on your team, you have to affect someone else on the team. You have to cause them to play better by the way you play."

The best players make their teammates better.

How do you make your teammates better?

[FanDuel @FanDuel]

39 years ago today, Magic Johnson hit this iconic hook shot game-winner to beat the Celtics 107-106 in Game 4 of the NBA Finals 🪄

Best PG of all time.

[Coach the Coaches @WinningCoaches]

Control the controllables

[Fixing Education @FixingEducation]

Teachers, if someone tells you how “lucky” you are to have summers off, remind them they don’t have to be jealous.

America is currently short more than 400,000 teachers.

They can become a teacher too.

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

Parenting isn’t a negotiation.
Neither is coaching.

Love them. Push them. Hold the standard.

Kids don’t need easy adults.
They need honest ones.

[Ballislife.com @Ballislife]

31 YEARS AGO TODAY
Hakeem did this to MVP David Robinson

Dream Series
GM1: 27 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST, 5 BLK
GM2: 41 PTS, 16 REB
GM3: 43 PTS, 11 REB
GM4: 20 PTS, 14 REB
GM5: 42 PTS, 9 REB, 8 AST, 5 BLK
GM6: 39 PTS, 17 REB

[Jamy Bechler @CoachBechler]

PARENTS: Don't build your happiness around your kid’s athletic performance. If you get in a bad mood because they played bad, take a break from the game. Your kid needs to have tough performances to learn, not have great performances to make you feel good.

🗣️ @DrBhrettMcCabe

[Coach the Coaches @WinningCoaches]

Things that will kill your team:

-Zero Standards
-Zero Leaders
-Zero Trust

And...

-Tons of Gossip
-Tons of Selfishness
-Tons of Blame

~ via @DrewMaddux

[Fixing Education @FixingEducation]

Hard truth:

Schools cannot fully overcome poor parenting.

Teachers are burning out trying to do the jobs of educator, counselor, disciplinarian, and parent all at once.

At some point, accountability has to return to the home.

[Coach Jeff Barnes @JeffBarnes52]

As an AD, I want all of our coaches to know you are not alone. The parents who are usually the quickest to get upset and complain are often the same ones who did not show up to the preseason parent meeting. Communication matters, and many frustrations can be avoided when expectations are clearly set from the beginning.

[𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 @DrBradJohnson]

There should be a teacher on every school board…
and at every table where education decisions are made.
Because right now, we’re making policies for classrooms
without the people who actually live in them.
You wouldn’t design a hospital system without doctors.
You wouldn’t build a plane without pilots.
But in education…
we leave teachers out of the room

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

The 10 Truths Parents Rarely See

1. Coaches lose sleep.
2. Decisions aren’t personal.
3. Playing time is complex.
4. Culture matters more than stats.
5. Accountability is care.
6. Coaches invest emotionally.
7. Development isn’t instant.
8. Hard feedback is intentional.
9. Wins don’t tell the whole story.
10. Coaches remember kids forever.

Perspective matters.

[Coach the Coaches @WinningCoaches]

"Athletes who claim that they are dedicated and committed to their team, but at the same time, complain about their lack of playing time or talk negatively about teammates behind their back, may not be as dedicated & committed to their team as they think they are." -- Ralph Pim

[Chad Helle @HelleChad]

Hearing all these HS coaches getting forced out by parents makes me wonder how long before HS sports are intramural’s? Everyone will just play travel sports.